- •Unit 6. Finance for strategy
- •1. Read the text and match the topic sentences a-h to the gaps 1-7.
- •Financial Management functions
- •3. Work with vocabulary. Identify the words and word combinations from the previous exercise by the context provided.
- •4. Lexical Card. Prepare a short talk on the following topics, using the lexical items listed below, either in written or oral form:
- •5. Work either individually or in pairs / groups. Answer the following questions. Prepare a report, if necessary.
- •Text 2 Banking On Blue Chip Stocks
- •1. Scan the text and match the subheadings to the parts I-V.
- •2. Read the text and say whether the statements are true or false.
- •3. Summarize the content of the text.
- •5. Work with vocabulary. Identify the words and word combinations from the previous exercise by the context provided.
- •6. Lexical Card. Prepare a short talk on the following topics, using the lexical items listed below, either in written or oral form:
- •7. Work either individually or in pairs / groups. Answer the following questions. Prepare a report, if necessary.
- •Five Steps of a Bubble
- •1. Skim the text and match the pictures a-g to the paragraphs 1-7.
- •§ 3. 1. Displacement
- •§ 4. 2. Boom
- •§ 5. 3. Euphoria
- •§ 6. 4. Profit Taking
- •§ 7. 5. Panic
- •2. Read the text and answer the questions.
- •3. Work with vocabulary. Identify the words and word combinations marked violet in the text with their definitions given in the table below.
- •4. Work with vocabulary. Identify the words and word combinations from the previous exercise by the context provided.
- •5. Lexical Card. Prepare a short talk on the following topics, using the lexical items listed below, either in written or oral form:
- •6. Watch the film “Margin Call” (2011) and describe the situation of the 2008 crisis.
- •7. Work either individually or in pairs / groups. Answer the following questions. Prepare a report, if necessary.
- •1. Scan the text and
- •Five Lessons from the World's Biggest Bankruptcies
- •3. Give the summary of the five lessons from the World's Biggest Bankruptcies.
- •Vocabulary. Part I
- •Vocabulary. Part II
- •5. Work with vocabulary. Identify the words and word combinations from the previous exercise by the context provided.
- •Vocabulary. Part I
- •Vocabulary. Part II
- •6. Lexical Card. Prepare a short talk on the following topics, using the lexical items listed below, either in written or oral form:
- •7. Read the recommended articles in the text and prepare reports on the topics.
- •8. Watch the film “Wall Street II. Money Never Sleeps” (2010) and find illustrations of the processes described in the text.
- •9. Discussion. Lessons to be learnt from the article and the films. Final discussion
- •Unit 6 wordlist
- •Unit 7 Budgets, Decisions and Risks
- •1. Make an outline of the text Managerial Accounting
- •2. Write a word from the box in the correct form in each gap.
- •Money management - an introduction
- •3. Circle the correct word or phrase.
- •4. Develop the topic suggested
- •1 . Highlight the topic sentences and justify your choice Trading on Teamwork
- •Curriculum vitae
- •2. Fill in the gaps with the right prepositions Dealing with debt
- •3. Each of the words or phrases in bold is incorrect. Rewrite them correctly.
- •4. What aspects in the company management should be taken into consideration to make the right investment decision ?
- •1.What is the main idea of the text ? Financial crisis could turn the tide against unrestricted capital flows
- •2. Fill in the right word from the text
- •3. Answer the questions
- •4. Develop the topic: what do the market crises depend on?
- •1. Think of some other title for the text Downturn, start up
- •2. Choose the right word combination (scarce,collateral,teeth, spur,commissioned)
- •3. Qualify the statements, whether they are true or false
- •Unit 8 and 9 People as a Resource / Developing People
- •1. What do you think is similar in the job of a mentor and a coacher? What could be the main difference between them?
- •2. Read the text below to check if your ideas were right. Name the most striking difference between mentoring and coaching. Mentoring versus coaching
- •3. Scan through the text once again and put m next to the phrases which characterize mentoring, and c next to those which are typical of coaching.
- •4. Paraphrase the last sentence of the text. How far do you agree with it?
- •5. Explain the meaning of the highlighted words/phrases in English.
- •6. Translate from Russian into English.
- •7. Discuss in pairs.
- •2. Underline the key phrases which help differentiate one term from the other.
- •3. Define the phrases from the text which are in bold.
- •2A. Scan through the text to check if you were right.
- •2B. Read the text once again and find potential hazards a team can face at some stages.
- •2C. Using your own teamwork experience, name 1) the stage(s) which can be skipped; 2) the other hazards a team can face at each of the stages.
- •1. Scan through the text below and find out why it has got such a title. Team-building for charity brings tears to my eyes
- •2. Answer the following questions about the text:
- •3. Summarize the text ‘Team-building for charity brings tears to my eyes’.
- •4. Define the words in bold.
- •5. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate word / phrase from the box.
- •6. Discuss in pairs.
- •1. The title of the text below is The Value of Poaching. Scan through paragraphs 1-3 and find out what poaching is. Write a short definition for this term.
- •Wordlist for unit 8 and 9
- •Unit 12 Management information systems
- •1. Make an outline of the text.
- •2. Read the definitions and find corresponding words or expressions.
- •3. Think of an appropriate title for the text.
- •4. Explain the difference between data, information and knowledge, providing examples from the sphere of management.
- •1. Make an outline of the text.
- •2. Read the definitions and find corresponding words or expressions.
- •3. Choose the most appropriate title for the text:
- •4. Answer the questions.
- •What information do you need?
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •4. Speak on the role of data, information and knowledge in management studies or business management using one of the following sets of words.
- •2. Read the definitions and find corresponding words or expressions.
- •3. Answer the questions.
- •1. Find the topic sentences of the paragraphs. Management Attitude about cis Resources and Their Use
- •2. Read the definitions and find corresponding words or expressions.
- •3. Match the sentences from the text with the paragraphs 1-9.
- •4. Choose the right alternative.
- •5. Answer the questions.
- •6. Name a few fields where being bullish is vital and being bearish is acceptible; provide supporting arguments.
- •Wordlist for unit 12
2. Read the text and say whether the statements are true or false.
1. Blue chip companies have a reputation for a high volatility on the market, especially during economic crises.
2. All blue chips companies are household names.
3. You will hardly reap a great profit if you invest in a blue chip company during a recession period.
4. Blue chip companies tend to increase dividends of their shareholders in the long term.
5. If you are not looking for quick substantial returns you should invest in blue chips.
3. Summarize the content of the text.
What are advantages and disadvantages of investing in blue chip companies?
4. Work with vocabulary. Identify the words and word combinations marked violet in the text with their definitions given in the table below.
1. (3 words) an investment fund traded on stock exchanges, much like stocks. An ___ holds assets such as stocks, commodities, or bonds and trades at approximately the same price as the net asset value of its underlying assets over the course of the trading day. Most ___ track an index, such as the S&P 500 or MSCI EAFE. ____ may be attractive as investments because of their low costs, tax efficiency, and stock-like features. |
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2. (2 words) somebody / something who is very well-known |
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3. (2 words) A. the sum of recognized accomplishments; B. your reputation, based on the things that you have done; C. the past record of the accomplishments and failures of a person, business, etc. |
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4. (n) a reduction in economic or business activity |
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5. (adj) priced lower than the real, normal, or appropriate value |
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6. (adj) having existed for a long time, and having been successful or accepted for a long time |
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7. (2 words) the total percentage of fund assets used for administrative, management, advertising, and all other expenses. An ____ of 1% per annum means that each year 1% of the fund's total assets will be used to cover expenses. The _______ does not include sales loads or brokerage commissions. |
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8. (n) a profit on money that you have invested |
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9. (n) a situation that can change easily |
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10. (2 words) an investment company that continually offers new shares and buys existing shares back at the request of the shareholder and uses its capital to invest in diversified securities of other companies |
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11. (adj) following one after another without interruption; successive |
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12. (v) to distribute investments among different companies or securities in order to limit losses in the event of a fall in a particular market or industry |
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13. (3 words) a company selling secondary goods and services |
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14. (adj) continuing or developing steadily in the same way |
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15. (n) A. the business of a broker; B. a fee or commission paid to a broker; C. a firm engaged in buying and selling stocks and bonds for clients |
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16. (n) a situation in which a business has money or property that it can sell in order to pay money that it owes |
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17. (2 words) a way of measuring the value of a company calculated by multiplying the number of the company’s shares by their price on the stock market |
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18. (2 words) companies, industries, and products that are used for personal and household purposes. _____ include food, alcohol, tobacco, medicine, clothing, and so forth. Companies that sell ______ have a reputation of resistance to economic downturn, but this is not always the case. In any event, they are often sold long-term investments. |
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19. (3 words) a free-float capitalization-weighted index based on the common stock prices of 500 American companies. It is one of the most commonly followed equity indices and many consider it the best representation of the market and a bellwether for the U.S. economy. |
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20. (n) the process of doing a job or action |
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